Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

DMI number:

18831

Poem Aliases

Horace. Odes. Book 1 Ode 11.

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Absolute (100%)

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First Line:

Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

Last Line:

And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet

Themes:

Carpe diem

Related People

Translated from:

Horace

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Author:

John Hervey

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

c.f. Overton.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A new miscellany in prose and verse by Swift, Holles St John and other eminent hands [T67058]

Page No(s):

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode xi. Imitated.

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